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bzr
12/04/08

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This looks like a caption contest:

"Thank GOD I'm out of that goddamned rental car!"

"Those cheap bastards at Avis didn't even give me hubcaps..."

"I hope my iPod isn't gonna get stolen."

"Crap, I thought I had my keys here in this pocket..."

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Deartháir II
12/04/08

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Nobody else finds it ironic that he's driving a development mule? As a way to show they're cutting costs and not flying in a corporate jet? A development mule that probably cost two or three mil to build? He literally drove the most expensive vehicle they had available to them.

Good job on the cost cutting. Pity Oldsmobile isn't still around, they might have had a nice rocket-car you could have chosen.
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Mazda787b
12/04/08

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You can really tell Wagner and GM are cutting costs. I heard they had to sell the aluminium wheels off the Volt mule to Rico's scrap yard in SW Detroit.

Steelies are in, right? Cuts down on un-spring weight.
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Deartháir II
12/04/08

@Mazda787b: Nah, they just had to make sure the Volt was wearing studded winter snow tires. Because, you know, they occasionally get some moisture in Washington. Don't wanna wreck the $3M Volt mule.
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Rust-MyEnemy
12/04/08

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Were the hubcaps taken by the same urchin who put all that graffiti down the side?
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jduffy13
12/04/08

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I like the hands out in the classic begging position.

BTW you want to find those other two jabrones, check all the bars within a two block radius.
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Maxichamp
12/04/08

@jduffy13: The Hawk & Dove doesn't open 'til 10am.
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Maxichamp
12/04/08

@Maxichamp: Woops, it's 10 over there already.
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Chaparral
12/04/08

@Maxichamp: That brings back memories. I really miss that place from how easy it was to sneak in underage to random navy wrestlers wanting to trade t-shirts, it was kinda like Cheers.

I really miss DC.
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Maxichamp
12/04/08

@Chaparral: Have you been to Stoney's?
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Feds
12/04/08

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Is The Rick trying to do a John McCain impression in the photo?
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Maxichamp
12/04/08

@Feds: We should give Palin a shot at running GM. "True Americans buy Cobalts."
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bmoreDLJ
12/04/08

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WELL LAAAA DEEE DAAA MR. BIG SHOT IN HIS VOLT DEVELOPMENT MULE.
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combat chuck
12/04/08

@bmoredlj: LA-DEE FRICKIN' DA!
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BustedWheel
12/04/08

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Last I looked, the volt would go 40 miles on a charge. Detroit to DC = 523 miles

He must have been Hypermilling.
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Rust-MyEnemy
12/04/08

@BustedWheel: More like the back of a Peterbilt for the first 520, then the Volt to take him through the last corner....
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A strolling player
12/04/08

@BustedWheel: Turns out there's a little gas engine too.
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3wheeler
12/04/08

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Whos the White -Haired guy behind him to our right? The Grandpa off of the Munsters?
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Murph
12/04/08

@3wheeler:

It kinda looks like Senator Carl Levin, from, you guessed it, Michigan.
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SundaySunday
12/04/08

@Murph: Carl Levin is on Mr. Wagoner's right. On our right is Carl's brother Sander Levin. By the look on his face he either snorted up a bug inadvertently or perhaps Rick stepped in a humongous dog turd as he stepped up on the curb.
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Maxichamp
12/04/08

@SundaySunday: He's GM's head of marketing in charge of the 18-35 demographic.
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SundaySunday
12/04/08

@Maxichamp: "Rick, I'm tellin' ya. Kids today think the Buick LaCrosse is the cat's pajamas!"
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Maxichamp
12/04/08

@SundaySunday: And just listen to the sound of the Glen Miller orchestra through these Typhoon speakers and oleo-record contraption.
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combat chuck
12/04/08

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Translation: "America, you are stupid. Therefore I will use a terrible sports analogy to describe a very complicated economic crisis. Now, run down to the car lot and buy a Tahoe or I'll lose my job."
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Unregular
12/04/08

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"It's very important for the U.S. to BE COMPETITIVE AND SUCCEED in the global auto industry..."

just "having" a home team is not what it's about, Rich. yes you have to "have" one to compete, but you seem to be missing the point.
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Pete Gaines
12/04/08

@Unregular: Considering I live in the land of the Chiefs and Royals, I couldn't agree more.
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Unregular
12/04/08

@Pete Gaines: exactly - look at the home team these guys have in the NFL - the Detroit Lions. they are literally embarrassing to watch...
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Feds
12/04/08

@Unregular:

That's because Ford is focusing on getting their cars right. Once they return to profitability, the Lions are going to win the superbowl.
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bzr
12/04/08

@Feds: I hear GM can't even afford to give away one of their XLR-Vs away to the MVP.
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J-2-da-B
12/04/08

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That's true...

but what if the home team sucks? make an "American Leyland" Dream Team?!

I think i need to lay down a bit!
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Maxichamp
12/04/08

@J-2-da-B: If our nationalized/subsidized home team puts out cars like the British Leyland cars in that Top Gear challenge (Rover SD1, Triumph Dolomite, and that hideous Princess), I say we're toast.
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WilliamG.
12/04/08

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Wonder how many cars in the parking lot behind him were built by the home team? And, for that matter, wonder how many were built in the U.S.?
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LTDScott
12/04/08

@WilliamG.: I see a Crown Vic and uh... yeah
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Feds
12/04/08

@LTDScott changed his name!:

Crowns are (were?) built in Canada.
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A strolling player
12/04/08

@LTDScott changed his name!: I think that's a Grand Marq, not that it matters.

Aren't Highlanders built here? I see one of those.
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LTDScott
12/04/08

@Feds: Good point.
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Deartháir II
12/04/08

@Feds: Mind you, most of the parts for all the domestics and a good chunk of the imports come from Magna...
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